Classics

A classic stands the test of time. The work is usually considered to be a representation of the period in which it was written; and the work merits lasting recognition. In other words, if the book was published in the recent past, the work is not a classic.

A classic has a certain universal appeal. Great works of literature touch us to our very core beings--partly because they integrate themes that are understood by readers from a wide range of backgrounds and levels of experience. Themes of love, hate, death, life, and faith touch upon some of our most basic emotional responses.

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The Alchemist
Animal Farm
The Great Gatsby
The Little Prince
Pride and Prejudice
Fahrenheit 451
The Catcher in the Rye
The Hobbit
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Of Mice and Men
The Old Man and the Sea
Lord of the Flies
The Stranger
The Metamorphosis
Slaughterhouse-Five

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  • Fables of Friendship and Betrayal by Ramsay Wood
    Fables of Friendship and Betrayal (Kalila and Dimna #1)
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    Release date: Feb 03, 1996
    *AUTOGRAPHED COPY* with Intro by 2007 Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing

    Once upon a time a heedless and powerful young king named Dabschelim ruled over Indi
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  • Gertrude and Toby Meet the Wolf by Shari Tharp
    Gertrude and Toby Meet the Wolf (Gertrude and Toby #3)
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    Release date: Jan 09, 2017
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  • Kalila et Dimna #1, Fables indiennes de Bidpai by Ramsay Wood
    Kalila et Dimna #1, Fables indiennes de Bidpai
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    Release date: Sep 01, 2006
    3 *EXEMPLAIRES DÉDICACÉS PAR L'AUTEUR* avec une Préface de Doris Lessing, Prix Nobel de Littérature, 2007

    En l'honneur de l'unique représentation
    KALILA
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  • To Kill a Mockingbird
    The Great Gatsby
    Jane Eyre
    The Catcher in the Rye
    Wuthering Heights
    Animal Farm
    Romeo and Juliet
    Little Women (Little Women, #1)
    Lord of the Flies
    Sense and Sensibility
    The Picture of Dorian Gray
    Of Mice and Men
    A Tale of Two Cities
    Dracula
    Fahrenheit 451
    1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
    Cult Classics
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    Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Qur'an / القرآن الكريم by AnonymousThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareThe Republic by Plato
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    The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenDivergent by Veronica RothAllegiant by Veronica RothInsurgent by Veronica RothThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
    What we've read so far in...2014
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    “ The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. ”
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